Chuck Hagel is sticking close to well-known Obama administration policy points in carefully worded responses to questions from senators who will decide if he is to be the next Secretary of Defense.

The Navy minesweeper that got stuck on a reef off the coast of the Philippines will have to be dismantled and removed in sections, a process that is expected to take over a month, Navy officials said.

U.S. tankers have begun flying missions to refuel French attack planes supporting French ground troops advancing into northern Mali in the push to oust al-Qaeda-backed rebel forces.

Army Lt. Col. Kellie McCoy adopts the just-doin’-my-job poker face when asked about her combat time, but she stands out in history along with many other of the 280,000 military women who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan